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[email protected] www.skbuildersandcarpenters.co.uk 2 EDITORIAL CONTENTS The cover of our April magazine last year featured Contacts . 4 Wansford’s post box proudly wearing a beautiful Worship lists . 5 Easter bonnet. This year the mystery knitter has been Reflections . 7 at work again. Not only is the post box wearing its bonnet, but the bridge is adorned by a giant daffodil News reports: (see front cover). There are at present hosts of golden daffodils to be admired around all our villages, Friends of churches: but at more than 3 metres, this one must be the Wansford & tallest by far. In his Nature Notes this month (p35) Thornhaugh . 9 Graham Blagden takes up the theme of daffodils in our Water Newton . 9 gardens and in the wild. Stibbington . 11 I must apologise for an error in my Editorial in the Lottery . 11 March issue. I wrongly accredited David Brown with WI . 13 sending information about The Christie Hall when it Horticultural . 15 was actually Don Tebbutt who supplied the photos that Communicare 13, 16 sparked such interest. So, thank you, Don for the Parish Councils: photos, and thank you David for your follow-up note (p37).